Welcome to my website - if you are interested in anything rural, outback or agricultural; travel; or drones or photography - you will find something of interest in here! I'm a professional photographer who has specialised in agriculture for more than thirty years, and my rural advocacy business has morphed into a multi-faceted beast.

This website was created when there were no other Australian rural information websites online, long before social media was invented. It is now the largest and oldest outback/rural photography website in Australia. It has grown into a bit of a monster (500+ pages, including the blog), so in case you get lost - here's a summary of what keeps me busy:

These days I spend a lot of time rushing about the countryside but several times a year I try to sit long enough to produce a newsletter, with useful info & special offers. If you'd like to receive it please let me know via the Contact page.

Agricultural tours are run in conjunction with Quadrant, Australia's largest farm tour company. If you would like to get to know the authentic side of another country, while in the company of a great group of Australian farmers (memorable conversations and a lot of laughter), then the tours I lead are what you've been looking for. These tours have genuinely unique aspects that other tours don't. More details regarding this year's Ireland & UK tour on the 2019 Farm Tour page.

Outback Books:

To date I've produced 3 books featuring more than 800 of the best photos I've taken on more than 60 of Australia's largest cattle stations since 1984. These are the largest cattle stations in the world. I can personally sign books for you if you would like me to, and mail them worldwide.Some of the photos in the books can be seen in the website header (top of this page); and the cover of the latest book is above. Thousands of copies have sold and many buyers have generously taken the time to send me email messages saying what they think. Some of these fabulous messages can be seen on the Testimonials page. These timeless books are loved equally by people who have lived on cattle stations and by people who've only dreamed of life in the outback. You may find they are the best books you've ever bought, as others have.

I love hearing other people's stories - so if you'd like to, please don't forget to tell me a bit about yourself when you order - whether you order online or over the phone.

Some career highlights to date:

One of the few photographers to have had an exhibition opened by an Australian Governor-General (Major General Michael Jeffery) & Australian Ambassador to the US (Joe Hockey)

An ABC Television 'Landline' feature

The first Australian appointed to the 3 person panel judging the International Federation of Agricultural Journalist's 'Star Prize for Photography' (photos entered from more than 30 countries)

The first Australian to present a session at the pan European Commercial UAV Expo (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) & at North America's largest commercial drone conference, Interdrone (Las Vegas, Nevada).

About this website (& how do you find what you're looking for?)

This website broke new ground when it was created back in 2003 and it's a venerable antique, in online terms. At that time very few rural businesses had websites; Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Instagram and Google Translate hadn't been invented nor had smartphones; and blogs were still relatively new (and rare). The website is now a behemoth, with a truckload of information squirrelled away on more than 500 website and blog pages on remote Australian life, working on cattle stations and visiting the Australian outback - as well as comments on topical issues.

Please use the sitemap and view the blog categories if you are having trouble finding what you are looking for.

One of my favourite parts of the website: the pages of translations for agricultural words and expressions in other languages. These 'ag translation' summaries are still the only ones online. Collating all this information took many weeks of research & these lists are still being expanded.

Now there's also a lot of information on agriculture and Australian cattle stations included in my social media accounts. Particularly on Twitter; which is where many of my mobile phone travel photos and short videos end up.

Australia's largest outback cattle stations - in summary:

These vast outback stations (ranches) are spread right across the top half of the Australian continent - a sparsely settled remote region measuring more than 2,000km north to south and more than 3,000km from east to west.

Quite a few Australian cattle stations are more than 10,000 square kilometres (3,860 square miles) in size and run more than 20,000 cattle in average seasons. Several now run more than 100,000 cattle. Until recently most northern outback stations still preferred to rely on stockhorses for walking mobs. On many, stockcamps are still usual for at least part of the year.

Many of the scenes and activities I've captured over more than thirty years no longer exist. While living on some of the remote stations I lived on, I would have laughed if you told me one day there'd be television, internet & phone services provided by satellite. I've seen a lot of changes and what I do is unique - worldwide. These are topics I'm sometimes asked to cover in workshops & other public speaking engagements.

LinkedIn - a self-updating business card file and 24/7 free conference in whatever specialty you choose your contacts from. I'd love to include you in my network of nearly 6,000 very specific contacts, so please don't hesitate to send me a connection invitation - but do explain what interests we have in common.

And please consider buying some of my outback books. You receive personable, memorable gifts for people who are hard to buy for, and the funds help me to continue the rural advocacy work I do. In particular, reaching the most vital audience - those who are least familiar with agriculture.

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